Rob Ash
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 9, 1951 Des Moines, Iowa |
| Playing career | |
| 1970–1973 | Cornell (IA) |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1976–1979 | Cornell (IA) (assistant) |
| 1980–1988 | Juniata |
| 1989–2006 | Drake |
| 2007–2015 | Montana State |
| 2016–present | Arkansas (offensive analyst) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 247–137–5 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2011) | |
Robert W. "Rob" Ash (born July 9, 1951) is a college football coach, formerly the head coach at Montana State University, and a former president of the American Football Coaches Association.
Ash was hired at Montana State on June 11, 2007, replacing former coach Mike Kramer. Ash was let go at the end of the 2015 season. Ash previously spent 18 seasons as the head football coach of the Drake University Bulldogs. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa.
Through the 2013 regular season, Ash's career FCS record is 158–73–1. In 34 years as a head coach, Ash's overall record is 234–126–5. His 234 victories rank in the Top 20 for active college football coaches. His Division III coaching record is 75–51–4.
Ash was a quarterback at Cornell College of Iowa and earned Little All-America honors and First Team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors as a senior in 1972. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1973, earning an NCAA Top Five Award and an NCAA Post-Graduate scholarship.
After a four-year stint as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Ash was hired as head coach at Division III Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. After posting a 4–5 record in his first season in 1980, Juniata posted winning marks in six of the next eight campaigns. Ash finished with a 51–36–3 record as the Eagles head coach.
Ash recorded a 125–63–2 record in 18 seasons at Drake, including four Pioneer Football League championships. He was named the Pioneer Football League's Coach of the Year in 2004, 1998 and 1995. Ash ended his tenure at Drake with five consecutive winning seasons.
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